Adjustable clothes-line support.



No. 760,199. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. I

Y .s. D. HARRELL. I

ADJUSTABLE CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. Y

APPLICATION FILED A'PR. 23. 190 3.

110 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE-T SAMUEL D. HARRELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

. ADJUSTAB LE CLOTHES-LINE SUPPQRT.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,199, dated. May 17,1904. i

Application filed April 2a, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. HARRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inAdjustable Clothes- Line Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to anew and useful improvement in clothes-linesupports, and has for its object to provide a vertically-moving post towhich the clothes-line is attached, so that said post can be set at anyheight desired and held in such position by anautomatic latch.

With this end in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then'specifically designated by the claim.

In order that'those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referringto theaccompanying drawings,form ing a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the clothesline support attached to afence-post; Fig. 2, a

vertical section through the same; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2.

A represents the fence-post or other suitable standard to which thesupport may be attached.

B represents the stationary portion or housing of the support, and therear portion B of this stationary portion B is attached to the standardin any suitable manner.

C represents the movable portion slidable in the housing,which movableportion consists of a vertical bar, upon the forward face of which isattached the projections D, beveled upon their upper edge and plain upontheir lower edge. To the upper end of this bar C is secureda hook E orother suitable device for attaching the clothes-line, and mounted on theinside of the housing'B are the rollers F, said rollers being journaledin recesses, one roller projecting from the inner surface of the rearwallat the bottom of the housing, two rollers projecting from the innersurface of the front at the top of the housing, and rollers Serial No.153,922. (No model.)

projecting from the inner surfaces of both sides at the top and bottomof said housing.

G is a latch mounted so as .to move horizontally within the housing andthrough the forward portion thereof. This latch is plain upon its upperedge and beveled upon its lower edge and normally lies within thepath'of travel of the projections D and normally held in such positionby means of the spring H, as shown in Fig. 2. A handle I is secured uponthe outer end of the shank of the latch.

In operation the sup portor bar 0 may be lowered to any position desiredby pulling outward upon the handle I, which will withdraw the latch Gfrom the path of travel of the projections D, and then the bar C may belowered to any position. In order to raise the bar, it is simplynecessary to push upward upon the lower end of the bar by means of thehandhold J, and the projections D will move past thelatch, and the latchwill automatically hold the support raised by coming in contact with thelower edge of the last projection passed. In using this improved supportin putting up the clothes-line or in hanging up the clothes it is notnecessary for the user to do any unnecessary reaching, as the supportsto which the clothes-line is attached may be lowered to their lowestposition and the clothes-line secured thereto or the clothes hung uponthe line, and then when everything is finished each support can bepushed upward as high as desired and secured by the latch engaging oneof the projections D, according to the height desired, and in removingthe clothes from the line or in taking down the clothesline it is simplynecessary to withdraw the latch by its handle I, and the supports may belowered, so that the clothes-line and clothes are within reach.

By the use of such supports clothes-props the line could be strungtightly between the supports and then the supports could be raised tosuch a height that the clothes-props could be dispensed with, as theonly need for clothes-props is to allow for the easy hanging of theclothes and keeping the clothes off the ground after being hung.

could be done away with to a great extent, as

Of course I do not Wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modifications could be made Without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as neW and usefulis In a clothes-line support, a housing, an antifriction-rollerjournaled to project from the inner surface of the rear portion at thebottom of the housing, antifriction-rollers journaled to project fromthe inner surface of the front of the housing at the top,antifrictionrollers journaled to project from the inner surfaces of bothsides at the top and bottom of the housing, a vertical bar slidable inthe housing and pulled into engagement with the rollers at the front andrear thereof by the clothes-line and means for retaining the bar atvarying heights.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL D. HARRELL.

Witnesses:

VVINFIELD S. KoLB, L. \Y. MORRISON.

